Andrew Lear

Biographic Data

ID1027986
NAMEAndrew Lear
GIVEN NAMESAndrew
FAMILY NAMELear
SIGNATURELEAR A
AFFILIATIONSPomona College
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS15
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2005
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2013
H-INDEX2

  • The Art of the Body: Antiquity and Its Legacy by Michael Squire (review)

    Andrew LearARTICLEThe Classical World2013

    Reviewed by: The Art of the Body: Antiquity and Its Legacy by Michael Squire Andrew Lear Michael Squire. The Art of the Body: Antiquity and Its Legacy. Ancients and Moderns. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. Pp. xv, 240. $99.00 (hb.). ISBN 978-0-19-538080-4; $24.95 (pb.). ISBN 978-0-19-538081-1. The representation of the body is a fashionable topic these days, as are reception studies. It is thus surprising that The Art of the B…

  • The Pederastic Elegies and the Authorship of the Theognidea

    Open AccessAndrew LearARTICLEThe Classical Quarterly2011Cited by: 1

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  • "Anacreon's "Self: An Alternative Role Model for the Archaic Elite Male

    Andrew LearARTICLEThe American Journal of Philology2008Cited by: 1References: 13

    Anacreon's poetic persona embodies a value system that contrasts sharply with the one, often viewed as traditionally Greek, that is embodied by the persona of the Theognidean poets. While "Theognis" is moderate, loyal, almost exclusively pederastic, and focused on public affairs, "Anacreon" is immoderate, promiscuous, bisexual, and focused on private concerns. Paradoxically, like "Theognis," "Anacreon" serves as a role model for the male listener…

  • Eros and Greek Athletics (review)

    Andrew LearARTICLEThe Classical World2006

    Reviewed by: Eros and Greek Athletics Andrew Lear Thomas F. Scanlon . Eros and Greek Athletics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. Pp. 465. $74.00 (hb.). ISBN 0-19-513889-9; $35.00 (pb.). ISBN 0-19-514985-8. Greek athletics are the subject of considerable scholarly interest at the moment; gender roles and sexuality in the Greek world are only more so. Anyone who has studied either field must know that the two are inextricably linked and must …

  • Sexuality in Greek and Roman Culture (review)

    Andrew LearARTICLEThe Classical World2006

    Reviewed by: Sexuality in Greek and Roman Culture Andrew Lear Marilyn B. Skinner . Sexuality in Greek and Roman Culture. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 2005. Pp. xiii, 343. $64.95 (hb.). ISBN 0-631-23233-8; $29.95 (pb.). ISBN 0-631-23234-6. In 1988, Eva Cantarella said that she had come to write about homosexual relations in Greece and Rome through her study of women's issues: the one could not be understood without the other. Marilyn Skinner's new bo…

  • Eros and Greek Athletics

    Andrew Lear, Thomas F ScanlonARTICLEThe Classical World2006

  • Sexuality in Greek and Roman Culture

    Andrew Lear, Marilyn B SkinnerARTICLEThe Classical World2006Cited by: 10

  • Figures of Speech: Men and Maidens in Ancient Greece (review)

    Andrew LearARTICLEThe Classical World2005

    Reviewed by: Figures of Speech: Men and Maidens in Ancient Greece Andrew Lear Gloria Ferrari . Figures of Speech: Men and Maidens in Ancient Greece. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002. Pp. viii, 352. $60.00. ISBN 0-226-24436-9. Gender roles in the ancient world and the representation of gender in ancient art are both hot topics in current scholarship. Ferrari's book presents a series of interconnected arguments on these subjects. The firs…

  • Figures of Speech: Men and Maidens in Ancient Greece

    Andrew Lear, Gloria FerrariARTICLEThe Classical World2005Cited by: 3